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I B. C. BLACKMON SUPPORT FOR COLLAPS IBLE CONTAINER TUBES Filed June so, 1925 B dBZaci/r WL,

INVENTOR I ATTOR EY To all-whom it may concern:

, MON, a citizen of the United States, residthe valve or tube-closure.

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Patented Jan. 5, 1 926.

BEN CLIFFORD BLACKMON, 01 DALLAS, TEXAS.

SUPPORT FOR COLLAPSIBLE CONTAINER TUBES.

Application filed June 30,1925. Serial m. 40,558.-

- Be it known that I, BEN CLIFFORD BLACKP- ing at Dallas, in the county of Dallas and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements'in Supports for Collapsible Container Tubes, of which the following is a specification. The present invention relates to collaps ble tube holders and more particularly to such holders which provide for,the.dispensing of plastic material therefrom such as tooth paste, shaving cream and'the like.

The principal purpose of the fpresent invention is to provide a holder 0 this'character wherein collapsible tubes or containers may at all times be retained in available access to the user of the contents thereof and one which will accommodate tubes of vari- A further object of the present invention is to provide a valve or closure attachment. for such holders, whereby when the tube is placed within the holder, the tubes cap may be removed and the valve substituted therefor in order to preventany contami-,

nation of the exposed uncovered paste contained" within the tube. a

Other objects will be hereinafter obvious .when having reference to the following specification taken in connection with the accompanying drawings in which:

- Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the improved holder embodying the present invention,

Figure 2 is afront elevation thereofland Figure 3 is a detail perspective view of Reference now being had to the accompanying drawings wherein like and corresponding parts are designated by similar reference characters throughout the several views, the numeral 1 indicates .the holder which is preferably'made from a single piece of sheet metal having upturned side walls and an end wall 1 which latter is provided with a recess for the reception of the forward or dispensing end of the collapsible tube A; Formed with and extending from one end of this holder is an'ex'tension 3, which latter may be provided with an opening for the reception of a nail or peg 4 driven within the wall or similarv vertical support from which the holder is to be suspended. The lower or forward end of this holder is provided with supporting legs 2 which legs are for the purpose of elevating or retaining the holder and the tube carried thereby in spaced relation from the wall 01 other support upon which the holder is mounted whereby ready access may be gained to the paste ejectingend of the tube.

Whereas in the drawings I disclose this holder asbeing suspended upon a wall or similar vertical support it is of course to be understood that it may rest upon atable or other flat surface.

' 'When using this holder a collapsible tube A containing tooth paste or shaving cream is placed within the side walls of the holder and the forward end o the tube rests with-- in the wall 1'. of the holder; This wall 1' of the holder is provided with a segmental clamping means 9 as is better illustrated in Figure 2 which engages over the tube for holding the latter in locked position. A collapsmg key is slidably and rotatably mounted within the side walls of the holder and which key is adapted to engage thebottom portion of the tube A whereby upon rotation of this key the tube will be caused -to be collapsed and the plastic material contained therein will be .ejected from the mouth or nozzle end of the tube. By manually turning the handle 2- the tube collaps-' in key will be rotated whereby the desired a ount of paste contained within the tube may be ejected therefrom, but when the reuired amount'of paste has been ejected mm the tube it is most desirable to protect the exposed portions of the paste remainmg in the mouth or ejecting end of the tube. I

Ordinarily, these collapsible tubes are pro- 'vide'd with caps, closing the ejecting ends of the tubes, but as these caps often become lost, I provide a valve or closure for the ejecting end of the tube, which valve or closure is permanently aflixed to the tube holder. Secured to' and projecting from the lower forward end of the holder is a flat piece of metal 5 to which is. to be attached the tube closure.

The outer endof this piece of metal is I bent downward in the positionshown in Figure 1 to provide alip 6 and to this lip is pivoted a similar flat piece of metal 7 which as illustrated in Figure 3, has a cap 8 fastened'thereto or made an integral part of the piece 7, and of larger'diameter than the mouth of the tube. "The pieces 5 and 7 are sufficiently springy and resilient to cause the cap 8 (the ordinary screw cap beoutwardly.

ing removed) to bear firmly against the openin in the tube A and tightly close the same w ien pushed across the mouth and may be laterallyslid away from the mouth thereof when the contents of the tube are pushed What is claimed as new is:

1. An attachment for collapsible container tubes for opening and closing the tube, in combination with the tube and support, comprising a resilient arm secured at one end to the under surface of the support and eX- tending longitudinally therefrom and in-. clined slightly upwardly in a direction toward the tube, an angular-1y. bent flange conftinuing from the outer end of the arm, another arm pivoted to the flange for swinging movement transversely of the mouth of tube, and a relatively small plate of a diameter sufficient to close the tube carried by the outer end of the swinging arm and adapted to be yieldingly and removably held against the mouth of the tube substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2 2. collapsible tube holder comprising. in

combination a body formed from a single piece of'sheet metal including a bottom, upturned sides and lower end walls projecting therefrom and attaching portions con- I tinuing from the upper end of the bottom,

legs projecting from the lower end of said bottom, the lower end Wall being recessed and adapted to receive the neck of a collapsible tube, when the tube is placed upon the bottom of said body, a manually operable tube engaging and collapsing key mounted within the side wall of said body, a bracket secured to and extending from the lower end of said body, an arm pivotally connected to said bracket for swin ing movement transversely of the mouth 0 the tube and a relatively small plate of a diameter suflicient to close the tube carried by the outer end of the swinging arm and adapted to be removably held against the mouth of the tube substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

BEN CLIFFORD BLACKMON. 

